University of London scholarships for 2009-2010

Applications for scholarships invited
Islamabad, Jan 17: The Open Society Foundation, the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office (FCO), the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and Royal Holloway, University of
London invite applications for scholarships for the academic year
2009-2010.

The scholarships are for one-year taught postgraduate
programmes leading to the award of MPhil in broad range of courses and LLM Law
including Masters degrees in medical sociology and democracy, politics and
governance.

Applicants will be expected to be both nationals as well as
residents of Pakistan and the deadline for applications is 30 January
2009.

After completing their scholarship, scholars are expected to return
to Pakistan to resume their studies or work here.

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ICU to introduce M Phil, PhD courses
Peshawar: The Islamia College University (ICU) will soon introduce M Phil and
PhD courses as part of its development plan.

The decision was taken at a
meeting of the chairmen of the departments of various disciplines. ICU
Vice-Chancellor Ajmal Khan presided the meeting.

The ICU is already
offering BS and MA/MSc degree courses. Members of the faculty at the newly
established university said the institution was working on a plan to set up a
network of campuses in both NWFP districts and tribal agencies. Bajaur and
Waziristan are among the tribal areas where the campuses would be established.
They said the university Senate has been constituted and other projects too were
taking off.

IJT annual convention from Feb 1
Lahore: The three-day annual convention of Islami Jamiat Talba Pakistan
(IJT) will be held in the premises of Government College of Technology, Karachi
from February 1. More than 1400 IJT members from across the country will attend
the convention and also elect their 'nazim-e-aala' (central president) along
with provincial nazims and members of central executive committee for the
2009-10 session. IJT Lahore president Abdul Basit told APP here Friday that Qazi
Hussain Ahmad, chief Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Syed Munawwar Hassan secretary
general JI, provincial heads of the party including Liaquat Baloch, Siraj ul Haq
and prominent leaders of other political parties will address participants.
Discussions at the convention will focus on the current situation of the
country, while the annual performance of the organization will be reviewed to
ensure a better strategy for the next session, he added. App

Poster exhibition held at FJWU
Rawalpindi: Communication Sciences Department of Fatima Jinnah
Women University (FJWU) on Friday showcased a documentary and poster exhibition
on the university premises.

FJWU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Saeeda
Asadullah Khan inaugurated the exhibition that was largely attended by students
and faculty members. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean Dr Samina A Qadir
and FJWU Registrar Maryam Rab were also present on the
occasion.

Thirty-nine students took part in the exhibition. The students
attending a course of computer graphics and animation (advanced television
editing and mixing) prepared the documentaries and posters, which were put on
display.

The exhibition was aimed to promote the students' talent in the
field of computer graphics.

The response of the faculty as well as
students of other departments to the exhibition was encouraging.

The
students briefed the VC on their basic motives and sources of inspiration. She
said the students' works, which depicted creativity by highlighting different
social issues, had impressed her to a great extent. "The students' works are
tremendous and worth watching," she said.

Abida Mehmood, who offers the
course, said the course focussed on advanced projects in video editing,
composing and motion graphics. Daily Times